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    My Colombian Recipes » Recipes » Main Dishes » Chicken and Turkey » Pollo Gritador (screamer Chicken)

    Pollo Gritador (Screamer Chicken)

    Jun 1, 2011 · Modified: Jul 15, 2021 by Erica Dinho · 16 Comments

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    Pollo Gritador (Screamer Chicken)

    Erica Dinho
    5 from 16 votes
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    Course Main Course
    Cuisine Colombian
    Servings 4 servings

    Ingredients
     

    • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
    • 1 tablespoon olive oil
    • 8 chicken pieces chopped onion
    • ½ cup chopped onions
    • 2 scallions finely chopped
    • 4 garlic cloves minced
    • 4 large tomatoes diced
    • ½ cup red pepper diced
    • ½ teaspoon ground cumin
    • Salt and pepper
    • ¼ cup chopped cilantro
    • 1 shot of aguardiente

    Instructions
     

    • Marinate chicken: Place the chicken in a large bowl. Stir in 1 tablespoon olive oil, 2 garlic cloves, salt, pepper and cumin. Toss chicken within marinade until coated. Cover, put in the fridge and marinate for at least 1 hour.
    • In a large saucepan over medium-high heat, warm the vegetable oil. Working in batches, brown the chicken on all sides, 3 to 4 minutes total. Remove the chicken from the pan and set aside.
    • Reduce the heat to medium-low and add the remaining garlic cloves, onions, tomatoes, red pepper, scallions to the pan and cook, stirring occasionally. Return the chicken to the pan. Cover and simmer until the chicken is very tender, about 45 minutes.
    • Add the aguardiente shot and cook for 10 minutes more.
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    Pollo Gritador literally translates to Screamer Chicken and is a traditional Colombian dish from the Huila region of the country. This dish is first marinaded with garlic and cumin and after cooked in a delicious tomato sauce and aguardiente, which is a strong traditional Colombian alcoholic drink made from anise and sugar cane. The marinating time and then the sauce ensure an incredibly juicy and full of flavor bird.

    Enjoy it!

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    About Erica Dinho

    My name is Erica and I was born and raised in Colombia and now live in the northeastern United States with my husband and family. This blog was inspired by my grandmother, Mamita, who was an amazing traditional Colombian cook.

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    Comments

    1. Belinda @zomppa

      June 01, 2011 at 1:23 pm

      5 stars
      The name alone warrants a try - the photo only confirms it!

      Reply
    2. Juliana

      June 01, 2011 at 2:30 pm

      5 stars
      Erica, your chicken dish looks delicious with the spices in it...and I love it when served on rice so the sauce is all absorbed...so tasty. Beautiful picture! Hope you are having a wonderful week 🙂

      Reply
    3. Lyndsey

      June 01, 2011 at 4:13 pm

      5 stars
      Another interesting Columbian dish...this sounds so good...loads of flavor. I have to see if I can get my hands on some aguardiente...I guess that is the "screamer" in the chicken. 😀

      Reply
    4. nammi

      June 02, 2011 at 3:42 am

      5 stars
      wow, looks delicious, would love to try that recipe:) maybe without the shot of alcohol 🙂

      Reply
    5. Kim

      June 02, 2011 at 10:36 am

      5 stars
      Erica- Your chicken looks amazing! I've have always wanted to get my hands on the sugar cane alcohol that you mentioned. I know it has to have an amazing taste to it. Don't know if they sell it here in KY, but I will keep an eye out for it. Love the color on this!

      Reply
    6. Sarah Naveen

      June 02, 2011 at 11:59 am

      5 stars
      Thats sounds awesome Erica..looks so yummy!!!

      Reply
    7. Faith

      June 02, 2011 at 3:42 pm

      5 stars
      Love the name of this dish, it really caught my eye! Sounds delicious with all those spices!

      Reply
    8. Pilar

      June 03, 2011 at 10:05 am

      5 stars
      Hi, If you do not find Aguardiente, you might be able to substitute its anise flavor either with some chopped fennel or a 1/4 teaspoon of anise seeds (rub them first to help them release their flavor).

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      • Erica

        June 03, 2011 at 10:16 am

        5 stars
        Pilar- Thank you!

        Reply
    9. Christine @ Fresh

      June 05, 2011 at 11:25 pm

      5 stars
      This looks absolutely delicious! The sauce looks versatile and probably absorbs wonderfully in the rice.

      Reply
    10. Chris

      June 12, 2011 at 1:06 pm

      5 stars
      Bookmarked this one. I love the idea of "screamer chicken"!

      And thanks to Pilar for answering the question I had!

      Reply
    11. Gian Banchero

      July 20, 2011 at 8:19 pm

      5 stars
      I'm rather confused as to the red pepper, do you mean a red Bell pepper or HOT red peppers? I'm somewhat hoping it's the last being I like heat. Also, I make a Sicilian liquor called zammu' which is very similar to anisette, could that be used in place of the Aguardiente??? Thank you for the recipe!!!

      Reply
      • Erica

        July 21, 2011 at 7:49 am

        5 stars
        Gian- Red bell pepper...You can try it with zammu.....It will be different, but l would love to know about that variation.

        Reply
    12. Katy

      May 23, 2012 at 9:26 pm

      5 stars
      Thanks for the recipe, you list cilantro on the ingredients but not on the actual cooking recipe. When do you put the cilantro in?

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      • Erica

        May 24, 2012 at 7:36 am

        5 stars
        Katy-Final step.

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    13. DowntownFoodie

      April 14, 2014 at 7:41 pm

      5 stars
      Absolutely delicious!! I only had Appleton Jamaican dark rum, so I used it. It's very different from a white rum, of course, but I figured the dark spicy flavor would be closer to aguardiente than a basic Bacardi. The dish was super flavorful, and my fiance absolutely loved it!! We had it with arepas de queso. I have no idea if that is a common accompaniment for this sort of dish, but it was wonderful!

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